Content - Volume 4, Issue 11

Objective: To investigate the efficacy of electromechanically-assisted rehabilitation of upper limb function in post-stroke patients. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Subjects: Forty-eight stroke patients. Methods: Patients were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. The control group underwent occupational therapy training with conventional methods. The experimental group ...

Objective: To evaluate the acceptability of using a static wearable chair for patients requiring rehabilitation. Methods: The acceptability of use of a static wearable chair during rehabilitation was assessed via static balance and subjective evaluation of 7 healthy subjects and 3 patients during standing training. Participants performed 1 standing task in free mode (in which the knee could bend ...

Objective: To evaluate the usability of 2 head-mounted displays in youths undergoing neurorehabilitation; a mixed reality head-mounted display and a virtual reality head-mounted display. Design: Observational cross-sectional study. Patients: Thirteen youths (age range 7. 8–16. 5 years) with neuromotor disorder. Methods: Youths wore a mixed reality or a virtual reality head-mounted display ...